California earthquakes

M3.6 earthquake 122 km W of Big Lagoon, California

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake struck 122 km W of Big Lagoon, California on Thu, Mar 4, 1982, 5:19 AM PST (13:19 UTC), 4 km (2 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M3.8 32 km W of Big Lagoon, California. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
3.6 (ml), minor
Local time
UTC
1982-03-04 13:19:43 UTC
Depth
3.7 km (2.3 mi), shallow
Epicenter
41.253° N, 125.595° W
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 5.3 km horizontally, 10.2 km in depth
Depth from
From location
Station coverage gap
312°, poorly surrounded by stations
Stations used
38

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 15 in the 60 days after this one and 17 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 3.469 km W of Indianola, California · 16272 days ago · 8 km deep · 71 km away
  2. 3.465 km W of Indianola, California · 16271 days ago · 8 km deep · 72 km away
  3. 3.091 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16267 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  4. 2.554 km WNW of Ferndale, California · 16267 days ago · 4 km deep · 85 km away
  5. 2.691 km W of Ferndale, California · 16258 days ago · 11 km deep · 91 km away
  6. 2.5104 km W of Ferndale, California · 16255 days ago · 15 km deep · 89 km away
  7. 3.6106 km W of Ferndale, California · 16248 days ago · 5 km deep · 72 km away
  8. 2.691 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16246 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
  9. 3.071 km W of Ferndale, California · 16239 days ago · 37 km deep · 94 km away
  10. 2.265 km W of Ferndale, California · 16237 days ago · 13 km deep · 83 km away
  11. 2.489 km W of Ferndale, California · 16229 days ago · 5 km deep · 95 km away
  12. 3.832 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16229 days ago · 40 km deep · 90 km away
  13. 2.9136 km W of Ferndale, California · 16220 days ago · 20 km deep · 87 km away
  14. 3.1111 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16217 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away
  15. 3.083 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16215 days ago · 57 km deep · 99 km away

Before

  1. 3.284 km W of Indianola, California · 16275 days ago · 16 km deep · 60 km away
  2. 2.680 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16275 days ago · 2 km deep · 99 km away
  3. 2.453 km W of Indianola, California · 16278 days ago · 4 km deep · 83 km away
  4. 3.292 km WSW of Ferndale, California · 16280 days ago · 22 km deep · 96 km away
  5. 2.5126 km W of Ferndale, California · 16280 days ago · 15 km deep · 86 km away
  6. 2.4109 km W of Ferndale, California · 16280 days ago · 5 km deep · 90 km away
  7. 4.465 km WNW of Indianola, California · 16282 days ago · 12 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.7off the coast of Northern California · 16286 days ago · 10 km deep · 93 km away
  9. 2.445 km WNW of Indianola, California · 16294 days ago · 4 km deep · 87 km away
  10. 3.774 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16295 days ago · 1 km deep · 53 km away
  11. 2.573 km W of Trinidad, California · 16295 days ago · 25 km deep · 54 km away
  12. 2.169 km W of Trinidad, California · 16298 days ago · 7 km deep · 58 km away
  13. 2.156 km WNW of Samoa, California · 16299 days ago · 4 km deep · 72 km away
  14. 2.466 km W of Trinidad, California · 16299 days ago · 8 km deep · 60 km away
  15. 5.285 km W of Trinidad, California · 16299 days ago · 5 km deep · 41 km away
  16. 2.827 km W of Big Lagoon, California · 16300 days ago · 25 km deep · 96 km away
  17. 1.826 km WNW of Big Lagoon, California · 16302 days ago · 11 km deep · 97 km away

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event nc1072638. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 10:30 PM UTC.